7 Ways to Accidentally Say Something Dirty in Spanish

Let’s face it- speaking Spanish as a second language, or even just being in a room full of Mexicans, can be a strange and frustrating experience. This list will help you avoid unnecessarily awkward situations and sexing up menu items at Burger King.

Love this post so much. Perhaps I still have the maturity level of a second grade boy, but I like to purposefully make these kinds of mistakes with my Spanish boyfriend. I guess I just like to see his reaction. My personal favorite is changing “montar un pollo” to “montar una polla” and “una pajita” to “una paja.”

This made me laugh so hard! When I was living in Sevilla as an exchange student in ’06-’07 one of my professors told us a story of a student of his who had walked into McDonalds and ordered a “McPolla y un coño de chocolate”.

You can just imagine how that went over with the person at the counter…

I was living in the south of Spain during university and I totally did the coño de helado at McDonalds. I couldn’t figure out why the cashier did a double take, asked me to repeat what I’d said, and gave me the oddest look. I went home to my host family’s house after for lunch and I was telling my 60+ year old señora what I’d done that day. When I said I’d had a coño de helado, she literally snorted…which was a disaster as she was spooning soup into her mouth at the same time. When my Japanese roommate explained to me what I’d actually said – my señora was laughing too hard to do any explaining – I thought I would die. Then she called in her husband and explained the whole story which led to him telling me all about the errors that he has made with language referencing one’s naughty bits. I literally could not have been more mortified. But it makes for a great story!